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SENATE COINTROLVERY IMPORTANTStruggle for Congress Interesting asfor President. Chances Even forSenat?' Control.Washington, Nov. 6.?Whfle theeyes of nearly everybody are gluedto the outcome of the presidential contest today, the Struggle over the control of congress is nearly as importing and in some respects is quite asInteresting.On the outcome of the battle forthe control of congress, in even larger measure than on the presidency,depends the shaping of legislationafter next March 4.The foremost question with reference to congress Is: Will the domo?crats capture control of the senate?Another-important problem is: Willthe democrats Increase their .marginof control in the housse. or will therebe a kIunip?it looks like abo?t aii ?von chancewhether t'.ie, democrats control theI senate. They are sure of forty-threeI votes in Hint body next congress, allowing for the defeat of SenatorGardner, In Main, and giving thema senator to replace Senator Sanders,of Tennessee, who is a republican.Forty-nine seats are necessary tocontrol. If the democrats can capture six seats in the voting todayabove those counted surely democratic, they will win.The states whose returns tonightwill be important from ft senatestandpoint are Colorado, Delaware,Idaho, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, SouthDakota, Tennessee, West Virginia andWyoming. As to some of thesethere is practically no question, butIn moat of them there are stiff fightsTwo senators each are to be electedin Colorado. Idaho and Illinois. Thestates which are the centers of thehardest senatorial contests are thethree just named, and Iowa, Kansas,Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska,South Dakota, West Virginia, andWyoming.An Important phase of the situation is that if the democrats elect thepresident and vice-president and thesenate is a tie, 48 to 'IS, the democrats will be in control, because thevice president has liie deciding votewhen there is a tie.House Sai'elj Democratic.The house, in the next congressthe sixty-third, will have 435 members. Of these, 429 are to be electedtoday, six having been chosen already, four from Maine and twofrom Vermont. The present housemembership is rt to. The new housewill be under the new apportionment,and will have forty-one members morethan the present house. The presentdemocratic membership of the houseIs 2:10, or twelve more than the number necessary to control the nexthouse. In the next house, 2IS willhe a majority. The democrats Inthe present house have 111! more thana majority at present. If they are asstrong relatively In the next, theywill have to have 2f?o members.In view of the mixed condition ofpolitics In ninny of the congressionaldistricts, a condition favoring noquestion that they will keep controlof the house, and they believe theyare actually going to increase theirrelative strength, that is, are goingto have a larger margin of control Inthe enlarged house than In the present house.THE RA ZA A R THURSDAY.Annual Flower and' Fancy Work Saleto be Held at Terry's Old Stand.The annual ladies bazaar will beheld Thursday, at H. Terry's oldStand, on the corner of South Harperand Main street. Many preparationshave boon made for this annual eventand a Very successful bazaar 1? expected. The fancy work booth willnot be opened until 10 -o'clock, although the remaining booths will beopen earlier. The usual dinner willhe served during the day.JERSEY GOVERNOR SWEEPS COUNTRYWITH ROOSEVELT RUNNING SECONDReports Last Night Showed that Wilson had CarriedNew York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware,Indiana, Connecticut, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indi=cations are that he will Carry Others. The Solid SouthStill Remains Solid.Woodrow Wilson Carried New YorkCity by 300,000 Majority. The onlyState So Far Giving Roosevelt a Majority is Illinois. Taft only Credited withVermont and Rhode Island until ElevenO'clock last Night.Iicl'mv t<ii o'clock lusl night returns from nil oyor the o?mnlr,\indicated ii sweeping victory lor Ihe democratic parl.v over Iii?' republicaiis, progrcsshes, social ist s, prohibit innisls anil -ill other pai'iiif's inthe Held. Willi n large mnubcr oC slates hoard IV. only lliree laidgone against I he N'ew ?Jersey governor. New York wi'iil lor Wilson, uslid New Jersey, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Cnnneetientl, In(liana, South' Dakota, Wesl Virginal ami Kentucky, Tile democratsheld their own in the southern slates, carrying Ihesn ;i!!. Tal'l earnedVeriuonl ami Rhode Island, while Itoosovell carried Illinois, Otherstiitrs had mil been heard fluni Inii tlie campaign managers of rli ? republican and progressive parlies conceded Wilson's eleetion early lastnight. Uooseveil ami Tafl seni lelcgrains of eougratillations i<? thevictorious candidate.The jibovo in format i<ui was secured by long dis!aneo telephone,ill rough courtesy -d Tho Stale, The Kparlunburg Herald, The Greenville News ami The No who pry Herald and Ww.s liml authentic,siX'RDTAin to im: t.o\kknok.?lohn K. \iili. of Nowbcrry, has Vcccpted Position until l!i:ciith II? hlbj Ucx. KolnndiIn onicr |(, cohllrm nun ?" i ; hadspread over tli? slate to the effectthat .lohn K. Null, of New berry', liadboon appointed secretary '<> ft iBlease, a representative of The Advertiser approached Mr. Aull lipon ihnsubject last night after lie had arrived In the City to lake up hi.-, dlltic:in the court of general sessions today.Mr. Anil consented to Btate da: thegovernor had just informed him thaitin appointment would he made. \(r.Aull said that he had accepted theappointment and that he would enterupon his duti.08 in Columbia the 1stof December. This, he stated, wouldnot interfere with his work in the fallterms of court, but that, as all of themwould bo over li) the end of thismonth, he would finish all work ofthe courts up until that time.Mr. Aull has held the position ofcourt stenographer in this judicialdlctrict for several years and has wona reputation as the most painstakingand the most accurate as well as themost obliging stenographer in thestate. The officials of the courts andmembers of the bar will doubtlessregret to sec him leave and 1.1? manyfriends outside of court Circles wishhim continued success. Ills regularvisits to Laurens have been a sourceof much pleasure to his friends here,as certainly they have been elsewhere,and they regret to know that theywill not sec him as often in the future.las) reported. Tho vote thorc Ii'-;between Wi on .iii<l Hoosevelt.The South Carolina state electionji:i -.-??<i off wit(i little Interest attacit'?(1 to it. The asylum bond issue attracted considerable attention an ifrom meager returns it appeared thaiit had been carried. In GreenvilleCOtinty, where an Independent candidate for phorlff, W. F. Verdin, opposed the nominee of the party, liendnx Uf-ctor, interest waft at foaverheat and excitement tan high. Thelatest reports Indicated the defeat otVerdin.Kscaped Prisoner* Caught.Will Mullock and .Tina. McCoy, twoof the prisoners who escaped from thecounty jail last week have been caught,and placed behind the bars. OfficerReld caught Bullock near HnrksdaloStation and .Mm McCoy was caughtnear Clinton, .lohn Jacks, the otherprisoner to escape, has not beencaught, but tiie ollicers are on a hoitrail.